Since its founding, internal promotion has been part of Sodexo’s DNA: 80% of managers have been promoted from within. In extending this practice throughout the company, we provide the same opportunities to all employees to evolve and grow.

The desire to advance

A policy of promoting from within works when it instills a desire to advance, combining effective communication, promotion of occupational mobility and development of skills. Today, 79%* of our employees feel they have the means to evolve within Sodexo.
Whatever their country, level of training or responsibilities, each employee has our commitment to support them in advancing, according to their abilities and ambition. To deliver on our commitment, we have implemented programs to identify talent and evaluate individual needs.
* Source: 2010 Sodexo engagement survey 

In practice...

In Fiscal 2010, 34% of our managerial openings went to site managers and 21% of our site manager positions were filled by employees who had begun in front-line positions.

In the U.S., one of every two management positions is filled through promotion of service employees.

In Germany, a training center was created to enable employees to understand the most complex and innovative aspects of their profession.

In France, the number of apprentices benefiting from mentoring has multiplied by 2.5 since 2005.

In Romania,  we are constantly seeking talented individuals with various skills and experience to further strengthen our teams in delivering service excellence to our clients. We constantly organize recruitment drives in search of new talents while we also  conduct consistent training programs and skills trainings to retain and organically grow our existing talents.